The following charts represent the total number of charges filed and resolved under the ADA.

Receipts include all charges filed under the ADA and those filed concurrently under Title VII, EPA, ADEA and GINA. Therefore, the sum of receipts for all statutes will exceed total charges received.

The data are compiled by the Office of Research, Information and Planning from data reported via the quarterly reconciled Data Summary Reports and compiled from EEOC's Charge Data System and, from FY 2004 forward, EEOC's Integrated Mission
System.

This does not include charges filed with state or local Fair Employment Practices Agencies.

FY 1997

FY 1998

FY 1999

FY 2000

FY 2001

FY 2002

FY 2003

FY 2004

FY 2005

FY 2006

FY 2007

FY 2008

FY 2009

FY 2010

FY 2011

FY 2012

FY 2013

FY 2014

FY 2015

FY 2016

RECEIPTS

18,108

17,806

17,007

15,864

16,470

15,964

15,377

15,376

14,893

15,575

17,734

19,453

21,451

25,165

25,742

26,379

25,957

25,369

26,968

28,073

RESOLUTIONS

24,200

23,324

22,152

20,475

19,084

18,804

16,915

16,949

15,357

15,045

15,708

16,705

18,776

24,401

27,873

28,799

26,410

24,441

27,429

29,575

RESOLUTIONS BY TYPE

SETTLEMENTS

1,000

1,154

1,433

1,852

1,722

1,705

1,748

1,800

1,685

1,812

2,037

2,079

2,065

2,597

2,843

2,902

2,682

2,360

2,941

2,537

4.1%

4.9%

6.5%

9.0%

9.0%

9.1%

10.3%

10.6%

11.0%

12.0%

13.0%

12.4%

11.0%

10.6%

10.2%

10.1%

10.2%

9.7%

10.7%

8.6%

WITHDRAWALS W/BENEFITS

888

816

867

862

834

833

750

814

846

866

1,005

1,058

1,217

1,456

1,716

1,718

1,809

1,728

1,891

1,959

3.7%

3.5%

3.9%

4.2%

4.4%

4.4%

4.4%

4.8%

5.5%

5.8%

6.4%

6.3%

6.5%

6.0%

6.2%

6.0%

6.8%

7.1%

6.9%

6.6%

ADMINISTRATIVE CLOSURES

7,336

6,461

5,434

4,209

3,662

3,335

2,995

3,083

2,691

2,452

2,861

2,889

3,358

3,980

4,315

4,335

4,134

4,386

4,834

5,062

30.3%

27.7%

24.5%

20.6%

19.2%

17.7%

17.7%

18.2%

17.5%

16.3%

18.2%

17.3%

17.9%

16.3%

15.5%

15.1%

15.7%

17.9%

17.6%

17.1%

NO REASONABLE CAUSE

13,916

13,458

12,753

11,431

10,332

11,346

10,251

10,318

9,268

9,077

8,968

9,760

11,174

15,182

17,727

18,557

16,601

15,074

16,526

18,833

57.5%

57.7%

57.6%

55.8%

54.1%

60.3%

60.6%

60.9%

60.4%

60.3%

57.1%

58.4%

59.5%

62.2%

63.6%

64.4%

62.9%

61.7%

60.3%

63.7%

REASONABLE CAUSE

1,060

1,435

1,665

2,121

2,534

1,585

1,171

934

867

850

837

919

962

1,186

1,272

1,287

1,184

893

1,237

1,184

4.4%

6.2%

7.5%

10.4%

13.3%

8.4%

6.9%

5.5%

5.6%

5.6%

5.3%

5.5%

5.1%

4.9%

4.6%

4.5%

4.5%

3.7%

4.5%

4.0%

SUCCESSFUL

385

535

518

663

741

644

487

357

338

0

322

362

408

439

491

572

550

343

639

513

1.6%

2.3%

2.3%

3.2%

3.9%

3.4%

2.9%

2.1%

2.2%

2.2%

2.0%

2.2%

2.2%

1.8%

1.8%

2.0%

2.1%

1.4%

2.3%

1.7%

UNSUCCESSFUL

675

900

1,147

1,458

1,793

941

684

577

529

520

515

557

554

747

781

715

634

550

598

671

2.8%

3.9%

5.2%

7.1%

9.4%

5.0%

4.0%

3.4%

3.4%

3.5%

3.3%

3.3%

3.0%

3.1%

2.8%

2.5%

2.4%

2.3%

2.2%

2.3%

MERIT RESOLUTIONS

2,948

3,405

3,965

4,835

5,090

4,123

3,669

3,548

3,398

3,528

3,879

4,056

4,244

5,239

5,831

5,907

5,675

4,981

6,069

5,680

12.2%

14.7%

17.9%

23.6%

26.7%

21.9%

21.7%

20.9%

22.1%

23.4%

24.7%

24.3%

22.6%

21.5%

20.9%

20.5%

21.5%

20.4%

22.1%

19.2%

MONETARY BENEFITS (Millions)

$41.3

$53.7

$55.8

$54.4

$47.9

$50.0

$45.3

$47.7

$44.8

$48.8

$54.4

$57.2

$67.8

$76.1

$103.4

$103.4

$109.2

$95.6

$128.7

$131.0

* Does not include monetary benefits obtained through litigation.

The total of individual percentages may not always sum to 100% due to rounding.

EEOC total workload includes charges carried over from previous fiscal years, new charge receipts and charges transferred to EEOC from Fair Employment Practice Agencies (FEPAs). Resolution of charges each year may therefore
exceed receipts for that year because workload being resolved is drawn from a combination of pending, new receipts and FEPA transfer charges rather than from new charges only.